Rail-grip.



A. CORTS. RAIL GRIP. APPLICATION FILED 1120.15, 1908.

Patented M3123@ 1909.

UN'ED STATES AUGUST ooiafrs, or wYNco'rn, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAIL-GBI?.

Specifcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Merch 30, 1909.

Application led December 1S, 1908. Serim No. 468,217.

State of Peimsvl\'-.mia, have invented a new and useful Rail-Litrip, oi' which the following y is a speciiication.

The objects ol the invention are, generally, the provision, in a mercliantable form, oi a device of the above mentioned class which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, vfacile in operation, and devoid ol." complicated parts; specifically the provision oi' a body member of noveland improved construction, of means for clamping the body member to a rail, and of novel means whereby the said body member maydlie caused to grip the lower surface of a. rail llange; other and further objects being made manifest as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement oi parts', hereinafter described, ideineated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that diverschanges in 'the form, proportions, size and minor details of the struc ture may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any o'l` the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 shows my invention in side elevation mounted upon a rail, one of the clips being kremoved in order to reveal the structure ol' the device; Fig. 2 shows my invention in end elevation; Fig. 3 is a top plan of the body member; Fig. 4 shows in end elevation a air of the devices of my invention united y a tie rod; Fig. 5 is `a side elevation of my invention showing the same equipped with a diderent form of gripping means from that shown in the preceding figures; Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken upon the line A-B oi' '.F ig. 5.

In carrying out my inventionl provide a body member lcarrying at its ends flanges 3 arranged to extend outward beyond its periphery. The central portion oi' these llanges 3 is cut away to the )lane of the upper face 4 of the body member, lcavinr upstanding at the iour corners of the said bm y imember lugsrZ. The face 4 ol' the body member is provided with transversely disosedy notches 5, each, in. their preferred 'lol-m,I having a straight wall disposed normally to the plane of the i'ace ll, and an inelined wall disposed at an acute angle to the upright one. .l further provide tblades (i arranged to be pivoted at the bottom of t-he notches 5 and being provided with a sha1- cned upper edge. Intermediate their en s thc bladcs are apertured to receive a retaining member 7 having its terminals mounted on the body member 1, whereby the said blades 6 may be secured to the body member.

Referring to Fig. 1 wherein the retaining members 7 are shown in elevation, it will be seen that they are slightly arcuate in -form and are dis )osed transversely oi' the notches 5, their ends being inserted in the walls of the body member upon either side of the notches 5. The curved form of the retaining members 7 permits the blades 6 to have movement in the direction of the length of the rail, the said retaining members at the same time securing the said blades to the body of the device.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the body member 1 is provided with oppositcly inclined, upwardly sloping lower faces 8 arranged to receive the lower terminals ol' the U-shaped clips 9, the upper terminals of which extend inward over the upper face 4 of the body member and engage the rail base. These U-shaped slips 9 are arranged to substantially 'fill the space between the flanges 3, in order that the said clips may have no lateral movement upon the body member 1. The body memberl is provided with an aperture 1() parallel to the flanges 3 and arranged to receive a bolt 11,

said bodymember.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a gripping means of a diflerent form from that delineated in the preceding `figures. In this form the body member is provided upon its upper channel 2() in which is slidinglp wedge member 2l, substantial `lilling the said channel and rovided wit 1 a serrated upper face 22. 'lphc shape of the wedge member 2l is such that as it moves in the channel 20, its serrated face 22 will always face with an inclined longl tudinally disposed mounted a whereby the clips 9 may be secured to the tie i3.

`the eiierpeeed i be peeented to the teil peie'iiei relation., in orde? that the fuit emfece o the face 21? may erigege the mii.

The boit designated by the numeral Fig. l ie duplicated in Figs. 5 emi 6 by members 18. in ortie? to economize ieeteriei 011e of the apertures 19 designed to 1e ceive the 'boite l is spaced tem the emi ef the body member te euch en ef; communicates with the iioeiiiie end ie order te accommodate the Y the eitgwiiich ext cileniiei 2), cut portie eoefei o the member et showin 23.

Beieiiing iiow te l 91d be seen that when. the bo V'n'embei l ie Q beneath the mii, the sides of the rli, preventie 'the' seid body membe? l from maring i nefeiseijr upon 'the seid mii. The clipe Q efe mcuiited I .en the "i i2 and the boit is peesed ciipe sind body membei l. a' ere dfevm tcgetiiei'- their ewei' tieve the inclined "tower ee bedee 5 upward iiito ctec flange.' @ne of the poi'tion l should be tie i3, will eece t; mounted itimpcseibie te ereep oi move tieiie'vey Fuitiieiieee, ee egaiiiet the boei? xviii tend to ictete m El inte biting Contact with iiceesiieg the heid et The fermi shown he .mounted up relation to the heretofore in eeiiceet vention, ehem iai F brought against the ezic'ef l, the Wecige member wit' assigned chemie! 20, bi fece inte ecrite-et with ti and bieding the device iii? 57 in order te ecenon i e meteiiei, enge which ie ioiiiizi-iiy remote ii'em t' t i3 may be cut eivefy es e'tcmi l? in Fig, l and 4.

in Fig. 4- l have shown gripe spaced apart by e roii if is tiireecied its tei" with inner nuts end outer thick may be brought to tionb the mite 15, the tightened to engage the j This er rangement ie likewise ef iiicelcie te the form of invention shown T When the ieii grip of 'upon e. reiroed hervir the traffic upon, en..

Q tie rote eilig then lice of the ciese described. e. y Per provided with iieiigee outfiom its peifipheiy; Ueheped @lips :irre ged te ee meuiitefl between ieiigee ef 'the body memoei? gripping means oount- *i einen the body membei' beneath the ter- :eiiiieis et the clips emi .having movement in -the direction. of the iength of the mii into reietion with the e. in e, device of the class descibed, e had; memsei having oppoeiteiy ineiined, upweidiy sich i ig iowei faces; I'eii demping ineens eeiiied by the body ieenlbe end e1'- eeged te ttm/'ei its ilielieed 10i-vez feces; peing ceiiied by 'tile 'body member movement the direetioi of the of 'the ieii into gripping reieton with e. def/ ice ci the described,frd ober heit/*ing eppeeiteiy inclined, .Glowing lewei" feces eed 'being piomth iges outstanding fiom its pe- 5 e Weheped eip expre-aged to be Leiigee the iov-fee teip beieg fred. tctreve the i f member, end

j; Qeeeti above the oei; @Tipping member be .L1 i uil@ n i tee iength et 'with the mii.

being piee ite @e N -iie piene y meme i. tee tiet/ei tile mc ma fied feces ei Y iii device ei em'eige to e i 35117 membei. scribed, e

eciy membei previded 'el e eteiidiiig :ticle ite pepeielcef dips te be eieiintee feeii the iiengee am?. t exteiiti tei eieeiy wifiiiie the senteur ei the body member; eed. wedgeeiieped gifpping member edeoiy mem/ated upon i'fie upper fece of the eody memeel bezieeti'i @lie u te extend. teimiiiaily within the eoiiteui p heffingl means carried by the body member and arranged to travel the inclined lower faces; end a wedge-shaped lgripping member slidebly mounted upon the upper face of the body member.

7. In a device of the class described, a body member having oppositely inclined,

upwardly sloping lower` faces and being provided with flanges outstanding from its periphery; a U-shaped clip arranged to be mounted between the flanges, the lower te1= minal of the cli being arranged to travel the inclined face o the body member, and the upper terminal being disposed above the upper -face of the body member; and a wedge 1.5

shaped gripping member slidably mounted upon the upper face of the body member and cli ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 my own, I have hereto ailxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST CORTS. Witnesses L. M. CHEER, FRANK S. GENTRY. 

